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upblaze

verb

Etymology

From up- + blaze.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻ — “to shine, be white”
  2. inherited from *blasǭ✻ — “torch”
  3. inherited from *blasā✻
  4. inherited from blæse
  5. inherited from blase
  6. prefixed as upblaze — “up + blaze”

Definitions

  1. To blaze or shoot up.

  2. A blazing up.

    • His figures flood things with jets of various light, like the sudden upblaze of fountains.
    • The upblaze of reflected heat burns my cheeks and eyes. Her body swims before me, spangled and transpierced by shafts of light caught in my tears. I croak that I am sorry for having invaded her hut.

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